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A VISION FOR aging well 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 ANNUAL REPORT contactbenrose.org • 216.791.8000 us • [email protected] BenRose1908 BenRose1908 Benjamin Rose Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging Institute on Aging UPCOMING 2018 EVENTS— SAVE THE DATE! Oct. 3 Katz Policy Lecture Nov. 8 110th Anniversary Event Oct. 16 ESOP Luncheon & Awards Dec. 6 Caregiving Conference For more information visit benrose.org. 2 Front cover photo: The Musical Theater Project visits the Paul Alandt Lakeshore Rose Center for Aging Well, engaging young students and older adults in an intergenerational experience based on American musical theater. 1 table3 Welcome Letterof contents 4 Innovating Service Delivery 6 Expanding Research 8 Research & Education 10 Advocacy A VISION FOR AGING WELL 11 Financials 13 2017 Donors 20 Board of Directors & Senior Management 21 Strategic Plan 2017 ANNUAL REPORT ABOUT THIS BOOK This is the 2017 Annual Report of the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging and its subsidiaries: Eldercare Services Institute, LLC, Rose Centers for Aging Well, LLC, Benjamin Rose Property, LLC, and ESOP (Empowering and Strengthening Ohio’s People). The Annual Report is produced by the Institutional Advancement team: Anne-Marie E. Connors, Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Jeanne Hoban, Director of Marketing Communications, Jennifer Salkin, Marketing Communications Coordinator, 2 and Anthony Zacchino, Institutional Advancement Coordinator. Design: Studiothink. 3 dearFOR THE BENJAMINfriends, ROSE INSTITUTE ON AGING, THE YEAR 2017 WAS ONE OF PARTNERSHIP – BUILDING NEW CONNECTIONS AND STRENGTHENING EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS. With our partners in the advocacy arena, We continue to expand partnerships with health delivery for older adults and families, and to we were able to educate legislators and the systems and other health and social service providers expand our positive impact on the lives of older public about important issues affecting their to ensure older adults and caregivers have access to people in Northeast Ohio and around the country. families. We helped prevent federal reductions the resources and supports they need. Sincerely, in important safety net programs, such as Long-time partner Empowering and Strengthening home-delivered meals, senior centers, and the Ohio’s People (ESOP) joined us as a subsidiary in near-elimination of the Senior Corps program. 2017. The merger has been mutually beneficial. It We provided education about elder abuse has expanded ESOP’s ability to help people of all prevention and advocated for passage of the ages improve their financial wellness and housing Richard Browdie Grassley-Blumenthal Elder Abuse Prevention and stability. For people currently receiving services President & CEO Prosecution Act of 2017, which was signed into from Benjamin Rose, the merger has also increased law by President Trump on October 18. access to the education and resources they need Partnerships are also important to the work we to age in place with financial and housing security. A VISION FOR AGING WELL do providing direct services to older adults and In the back of this annual report, you will find Emily Drake conducting research to improve care and quality our 2016-2020 Strategic Plan, which continues Chairperson, Board of Directors of life for older adults and caregivers. Our East to guide our work in developing strategic Cleveland Rose Center for Aging Well moved partnerships as well as the other activities you will into a brand new facility in 2017, thanks to our read about in this Annual Report. partnership with The Salvation Army. Through our partnership with the National Council on Aging, In November 2018, Benjamin Rose Institute on Anthem and the City of Cleveland Department of Aging will celebrate its 110th anniversary. We Aging, we reached hundreds of older adults with are confident that we are positioned to remain the Aging Mastery Program, providing them with a thought leader, to lead innovation in service practical tools and information for aging well. innovating serviceINNOVATIVE delivery PROGRAMS FOR AGING WELL Dabney K. Conwell, MSSA, MSW, Vice President of Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging and Executive 2017 ANNUAL REPORT Director of Rose Centers for Aging Well, was selected as an inaugural fellow of The Innovation As a licensed provider, the Rose Centers offered Mission in 2017 by The Sisters of Charity Foundation additional AMP programs with the City of of Cleveland, in partnership with Cleveland Cleveland Department of Aging and Anthem. Leadership Center. Conwell is among five Cleveland- Delivery of innovative programs expanded area professionals who began in fall of 2017 to beyond the Rose Centers’ walls. The Rose research their ideas to disrupt the cycle of poverty. Centers provided leadership for One Call for The fellowship has enabled Conwell to investigate Wellness, a coordinated programming initiative whether the number of hospital readmissions of low- that offers a one-stop-shop for evidence-based, income older adults can be reduced by providing Infographic describing Rose Center’s Executive Director evidence-informed and other health and wellness a daily delivered hot meal upon hospital discharge. Dabney Conwell’s project as an Innovation Mission fellow. programs for older adults. By offering a menu The project has the potential to have a direct, of programs from multiple organizations, One positive impact on the more than 22% of older Call for Wellness makes it easier for senior Clevelanders who live in poverty. center directors and others in Cuyahoga County In addition to taking creative approaches to nutrition to access and schedule high-quality programs services, the Rose Centers for Aging Well expanded that promote health and wellness. The initiative the use of evidence-based and evidence- launched in March 2017 as a partnership among: informed programs for older adults throughout Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, City of the year. Center participants enjoyed interactive, Cleveland Department of Aging, Empowering intergenerational programs from The Musical Theater and Strengthening Ohio’s People (ESOP), Fairhill Project. They also brushed up on the basics of Partners, Greater Cleveland Food Bank and the aging well with the Aging Mastery Program (AMP) Rose Centers for Aging Well. The initiative is developed by the National Council on Aging. The funded in part through a Senior Center Innovation The Musical Theater Project visits the Ernest J. Bohn Rose AMP program helps people develop sustainable Grant awarded by the Cuyahoga County Division Center for Aging Well. behaviors to improve their health, economic of Senior and Adult Services through the Health security, well-being and social participation. and Human Services Levy. 4 5 ALIGN SERVICES WITH CONSUMER PREFERENCES & EVIDENCE ON EFFECTIVE PRACTICES INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR AGING WELL ESOP JOINS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH REDESIGN BENJAMIN ROSE Long-time partner Empowering and Strengthening In late 2016, the state of Ohio through the Ohio Department of Medicaid and the Ohio Department Ohio’s People (ESOP) joined Benjamin Rose as a of Mental Health and Addiction Services, began restructuring the way mental health care is funded subsidiary, effective July 16, 2017. ESOP continues and delivered. As a service provider, Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging made several structural changes to operate as a distinct 501(c)(3) nonprofit to its services division, Eldercare Services Institute (ESI), in response to this statewide behavioral health organization with its own Board of Managers. redesign. While the impetus for change was external, the reorganization of mental health programs into Behavioral Health Services was also designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Benjamin Rose and services provided by the department. ESOP, a housing and financial counseling Behavioral Health Services now include: agency, have a successful history of collaboration. Mental Health Case Management delivered Mental Health Day Treatment, an intensive, Leadership of both organizations determined as Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS) and daily, three-hour group therapy service designed that a formal relationship would position both Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment (CPST) to help older adults with mental illness continue nonprofits to grow in the future. The merger to enable older adults with mental illness to live in to live as independently as possible. Sessions also acknowledges the strong link that financial their homes or in the least restrictive environment. explore a variety of topics that assist older people wellness and housing stability have to physical with issues of daily life. health and well-being. Together, the organizations are broadening their impact on the lives of Social Work Counseling/Psychotherapy A VISION FOR AGING WELL primarily low- and moderate-income older adults Services to assist older adults as they navigate by expanding services and supports to include changes in their lives and help them cope with home- and community-based services as well as the emotions that come with transition. tools, resources and expertise to help families manage their resources. The Eldercare Services Institute continues to provide other home and community-based services, The integration of both organizations’ operations including service coordination, fee-for-service social has provided significant administrative efficiencies. work case management and consultation, Senior The resulting cost efficiencies allow Benjamin Companion services, Adult Day